K-pop band sent home from LAX not sex worker suspects, just lacked work visas: report

Immigration official quoted as denying claim by agent for South Korean girl band Oh My Girl that they were apparently detained as suspected sex workers, instead saying they lacked performance visas for show

That was not true, an official with the US Customs and Border Patrol was quoted as saying by the Los Angeles Times on Sunday.

Band members were seeking to enter under a programme that allows South Koreans to travel in the United States for up to 90 days without a visa, the official said. But when customs agents went through their luggage and found costumes and props it was clear that they had arrived to perform.

How SCMP readers reacted on Facebook to the story of Oh My Girl’s entry ban

Well this is awkward - Korean girl band Oh My Girl detained for 15 hours at Los Angeles airport after being mistaken for sex workers